Last Frost Day

Frost history / Bouse, AZ

Bouse, AZ: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00020949, 1952 to 2016, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 925 ft, 33.943, -114.024. Download the data (JSON) · NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 9Nov 23
EarliestJan 12 (1993)Oct 26 (1956)
LatestApr 29 (1970)Dec 20 (2008)
Trend5.6 days earlier per decade2.5 days later per decade
Years with data6064

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 11 and the median first fall date is Nov 30.

The trend is a straight-line fit through the years with a freeze. A positive spring trend means the last frost now comes later. Short or patchy records give noisy trends.

Chart

Last spring frost (32°F)

Dec 31Jan 15Jan 30Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 15Apr 30May 151960197019801990200020101952: Mar 141953: Apr 121954: Mar 181955: Apr 61956: Apr 51957: Mar 141958: Mar 101959: Mar 261960: Mar 161961: Mar 81962: Mar 161964: Apr 241965: Mar 201966: Mar 51967: Mar 301968: Feb 51969: Mar 161970: Apr 291971: Mar 201972: Mar 291974: Mar 41975: Feb 241976: Feb 221977: Apr 31978: Jan 261979: Mar 181980: Mar 141981: Feb 71982: Mar 71983: Feb 11984: Mar 61985: Mar 51986: Feb 111987: Mar 201988: Mar 131989: Feb 151990: Mar 151991: Mar 161992: Jan 231993: Jan 121994: Feb 241995: Mar 251996: Mar 11997: Mar 21998: Mar 81999: Apr 102000: Mar 72001: Feb 152002: Mar 152003: Feb 102007: Mar 42008: Mar 172009: Feb 132010: Jan 242011: Feb 282012: Mar 202013: Mar 232014: Feb 22015: Jan 232016: Feb 6

First fall frost (32°F)

Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 261960197019801990200020101952: Nov 101953: Nov 191954: Nov 301955: Nov 161956: Oct 261957: Nov 181958: Nov 141959: Nov 71960: Nov 151961: Nov 171962: Nov 201963: Nov 181964: Nov 141965: Nov 291966: Nov 241967: Dec 21968: Nov 251969: Nov 191970: Nov 161971: Oct 301972: Nov 11973: Nov 51974: Nov 261975: Nov 191976: Nov 281977: Nov 211978: Dec 31979: Nov 131980: Nov 171981: Nov 261982: Dec 21983: Nov 221984: Nov 261985: Nov 131986: Dec 111987: Nov 271988: Nov 161989: Nov 291990: Nov 271991: Nov 231992: Nov 231993: Nov 251994: Nov 191995: Dec 181996: Dec 11997: Dec 31998: Nov 101999: Nov 232000: Nov 132001: Dec 12002: Dec 122003: Nov 242005: Nov 282006: Nov 302007: Nov 232008: Dec 202009: Nov 262010: Nov 232011: Dec 32012: Nov 112013: Dec 52014: Nov 192015: Nov 272016: Nov 30

Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.

Year by year

YearLast spring 32°FFirst fall 32°FLast spring 28°FFirst fall 28°F
2016Feb 6Nov 30Feb 3Nov 30
2015Jan 23Nov 27Jan 4Nov 29
2014Feb 2Nov 19noneDec 26
2013Mar 23Dec 5Mar 23Dec 6
2012Mar 20Nov 11Jan 14Dec 20
2011Feb 28Dec 3Feb 4Dec 4
2010Jan 24Nov 23noneNov 26
2009Feb 13Nov 26Jan 28Dec 5
2008Mar 17Dec 20Feb 6none
2007Mar 4Nov 23Mar 2Dec 14
2006no dataNov 30no dataDec 1
2005no dataNov 28no dataNov 28
2003Feb 10Nov 24Feb 10Nov 24
2002Mar 15Dec 12Mar 15Dec 19
2001Feb 15Dec 1Jan 18Dec 13
2000Mar 7Nov 13Jan 9Nov 14
1999Apr 10Nov 23Feb 12Dec 5
1998Mar 8Nov 10noneDec 7
1997Mar 2Dec 3Jan 8Dec 26
1996Mar 1Dec 1Jan 24Dec 2
1995Mar 25Dec 18noneDec 21
1994Feb 24Nov 19Feb 3Nov 20
1993Jan 12Nov 25Jan 4Dec 17
1992Jan 23Nov 23Jan 18Nov 28
1991Mar 16Nov 23Jan 31Dec 1
1990Mar 15Nov 27Mar 14Nov 27
1989Feb 15Nov 29Feb 12Nov 30
1988Mar 13Nov 16Mar 13Dec 22
1987Mar 20Nov 27Mar 1Dec 15
1986Feb 11Dec 11Feb 11Dec 11
1985Mar 5Nov 13Mar 4Nov 17
1984Mar 6Nov 26Feb 27none
1983Feb 1Nov 22Jan 21Nov 22
1982Mar 7Dec 2Feb 3none
1981Feb 7Nov 26Feb 5Nov 26
1980Mar 14Nov 17noneNov 17
1979Mar 18Nov 13Feb 6Nov 20
1978Jan 26Dec 3noneDec 7
1977Apr 3Nov 21Mar 6none
1976Feb 22Nov 28Jan 26Nov 28
1975Feb 24Nov 19Feb 23Nov 30
1974Mar 4Nov 26Feb 9Nov 30
1973no dataNov 5no dataNov 28
1972Mar 29Nov 1Feb 15Nov 25
1971Mar 20Oct 30Mar 3Oct 30
1970Apr 29Nov 16Feb 3Dec 4
1969Mar 16Nov 19Mar 16Dec 13
1968Feb 5Nov 25Jan 19Nov 30
1967Mar 30Dec 2Mar 30Dec 3
1966Mar 5Nov 24Mar 5Nov 27
1965Mar 20Nov 29Mar 6none
1964Apr 24Nov 14Mar 9Nov 15
1963no dataNov 18no dataDec 11
1962Mar 16Nov 20Mar 15Dec 14
1961Mar 8Nov 17Feb 28Nov 18
1960Mar 16Nov 15Feb 23Nov 28
1959Mar 26Nov 7Feb 4Nov 27
1958Mar 10Nov 14Jan 24Nov 17
1957Mar 14Nov 18Jan 29Nov 18
1956Apr 5Oct 26Mar 16Nov 3
1955Apr 6Nov 16Mar 21Nov 16
1954Mar 18Nov 30Mar 14Nov 30
1953Apr 12Nov 19Apr 9Nov 19
1952Mar 14Nov 10Mar 3Nov 25

"none" means the station recorded no freeze at that threshold in that half of the year. "no data" means more than 10% of the season's daily readings were missing. Years with no usable data are left out. See the methodology for the rules, and the ZIP lookup for 1991–2020 frost probabilities.